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The paper recalls that Britain America and France failed to tak^ effective action against the closing of the Yangtze by the Chiang Kai-shek regime, which has constructed booms and laid mines since August of last year.
It is true that they filed protests with the Chiang Kai-shek regime, the "Asahi Shimbun" adds, but the representatives in submitting these protests reassured the Chiang Kaishek Government that their protests were designed to make Japan guarantee free navigation on the Yangtze River in the future.
The partiality thus manifested by the three powers in favour of the Chiang Kai-shek regime was inexcusable, according io the paper—Reuter, London, Nov. 14.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, announced in the House of Commons today that the Anglo-Italian agreement will be enforced on November 16, as previously announced.—Hav ow York Reprisals
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